Directorate Change

18 March 2014

Applied Graphene Materials plc

Directorate change

Applied Graphene Materials plc, the producer of specialty graphene materials, announces that Nick Edgar, Non Executive Director, has resigned as a Director of the Company and will leave the Board with immediate effect. This follows his resignation from IP Group plc, a shareholder of the Company, whom he represented.

In due course, it is expected that IP Group plc will propose an alternative Non Executive Director, with appropriate skills and experience, for election to the Company's Board.

The Board thanks Nick for his contribution and wishes him well for the future.

Ends

For further information, please contact:

Applied Graphene Materials +44 (0) 1642 438 214

Jon Mabbitt, Chief Executive Officer

Oliver Lightowlers, Chief Financial Officer

N+1 Singer +44 (0) 207 496 3000

Shaun Dobson / Richard Lindley / Joe Stroud

Hudson Sandler +44 (0) 207 796 4133

Charlie Jack / Emily Dillon

Notes to Editors

Applied Graphene Materials was founded by Professor Karl Coleman in 2010 with its operations and processes based on technology that he initially developed at Durham University. The Group was admitted to AIM in November 2013, raising £11 million, and is based at the Wilton Site on Teesside.

The Group has developed a proprietary bottom-up process for the production of high purity graphene nanoplatelets and owns the intellectual property and know-how behind this process. Applied Graphene Materials' process is based on sustainable, readily available raw materials and therefore does not rely on the supply of graphite, unlike a number of other graphene production techniques. It is capable of producing high purity graphene using a continuous process. Applied Graphene Materials provides dispersion and product integration expertise to deliver solutions for a wide range of applications.